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Taking Back Stolen Time

By: David Werdiger
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Oct 28
1 min read

After surviving the Holocaust, my cousin’s father-in-law came to the U.S.

With no formal documents from his home country, he told officials he was born in 1919. Years later, he revealed his true birth year was 1914.

“The Nazis stole five years from me—I took them back.”

That line has always stayed with me.

Time is our most precious wealth. Yet today, we allow social media to steal it—minute by minute, scroll by scroll.

It’s time to reclaim it.

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A friend who observes the Sabbath said something to me recently that hasn't left my head:

"A day without the phone is better than a holiday with it."

No notifications. No scrolling. No half-presence while your mind is somewhere else. Just one day, fully here.

We spend so much

The biggest mistake in succession planning?

Assuming the baton can be handed off when the time comes.

Great transitions happen long before the handoff.

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